Headwear



Oct. 23,1923.

, L. H. ENSTEN HEADwEAa Filed Feb. 15 1921 Patented n @et 23, Y1923..

f matiza Louis H. nivsrnmyor cLEv-nnanngonio.

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Appiieaiion fnarebruary 15,1921.A serial` No. 445,146.' l

To all whom it may concern.' y

Be it-known that I, Louis II. ENs'rnN, a

citizen of the United Stateswresiding at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and of an ear lap of which no portion. need ex-V State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Headweaiyaoic which thetollowing isa full, clear, 'and er;-`

act description, vreference being had yto the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to headwear and',

has for itsgeneral object theprovision of an ear covering which shall be yattractive in appearance and which can be worn Vin connection with the usualhat or cap.l 4Such oliicers as firemen, policemen, railway. men; and members of otherfdisciplined forces are required to weara prescribed kind loli-.head

gear which. is seldom or never provided with earprotective arrangements. The ob- ]ects of this invention are the .provision tend beneath the hat-band; which shall be .Y snug and comfortable; which shall be ytree. from allrubber orm'etal attachments; which .shall protect the back of the neck as well, e as the ears; 'which canV be Arapidly andy Liov cheaply made by standard commerciahmachinery;` tlie provision ot a` band ot knitted material adapted to lit a separately made Y crown-part and having angular portions atpv .each side adapted. to cover the wearers ears and an upwardly displaced portion 1n front adapted to bridge the wearers eyes ,Tand

further objects and advantages will appear'` yas the description proceeds. .v

YIn the drawings accompanying;andforming a part of this applicationl have shown certain preferred ,embodiments of my in. vention although it willbeunderstood-- that these views are .illustrative only-.and noti. limiting uponme. `Fig. l illustrates my iin-y proved ear-lap in place onpthe. wearers head; Fig. 2 isa perspectiveview ofthe de,- vicerem'oved; Fig. 3 illustrates a development ofthe device, the outlinesot the 'original blank being shown in dotted lines; Fig..-

4 represents aside elevationotl the device, the 1 full lines showing vit in contractedposition'.y

and the dotted lines showingit in expanded position; and Fig. .5 illustrates, a` slightly f `inodied blank. A g n My improved headwear Aarticleisknitted or netted and preferablyftrom agoodolual-v ity of worsted or like elastic material. I

have shown and Vshall describe` a knitted article but do not restrict myself to any draws inwardly the points ot the cusps 3 3 and causes them to cover the ears.' snugly kinder Stachel# definition er process ings; e f f much asI doY not exclude any'netting or crochetingstitch or other weave which at fords the y-repiisite elasticity. The fabric is l produced ina single elongated ribbon which is;aiteiuvard cuty into the blanks or patterns sliownin Fig. 3. Each blank or pattern. is

bilaterally symmetrical, having at lits eX- tremities the elongated Iportions 1 1 whose `inner en ds merge with shorter portions' v2 2 which. are angularly related thereto so as toyformonthe one side the cusps 3 3 and yfat the other side the notches 4 4.

'Ihat' side of the blank and resultant articley which has Vfthe. cusps 3 3 willl` hereafter be ycalled thelower side orV edge..v The .adjacent ends ofthe portions 2 2 are joined by still` shorter, angularly n related portions,

which may bei-'ew or great in number. In

.Figs lato 4 inclusive I have shown two such intermediate portions .5 5deiining aJ single dependingpoint 6,: and-in. Fig. 5 I have shown a larger number otsuch portions,

defining a plurality offsmaller .points The middle part otthis kblank has at its upper .edge a numberkof points 7, or Pfand {Pai-EN HCE; i' f cover the wearerslears, vertical seam at s f the,.rear,..andy an upwardly disposed por'- tion A'midway in `front adapted` to bridge the' wearers eyes;- therupper edge .of the neck:

encircling portion is adaptedv to lit closely i to the crown-part,]and.gin case the upper` edge ofthe forehead-encirclinglportion be f -cutnand hemmed the notches 4 4l and the sides #are `generally-qnot .eradicated i Vcom- Y pletely:l kThe yband is jmade slightly smallerV than the ,wearersrhead withthereSultthat thejstretching consequentiupon applying it without any uncolrjifortablel and unsightly i flapping? 1 This effect* is especially marked when .thefcorners-lO are cutaway as shown,

but the upward displacement of theffront of the band conduces toy this result regardless otsuch cutting.

It willbe noted that thisV displacement is approximately equal to the width' ofthe'band itself. The original selvace is preferablyretainediin unmodified iorm throughout the largest possible proportion et the band in order that its elasticity may notnbe impaired; The device is designed for usewith a separately I fashioned crown-part, here shown .as a uniform cap, the width atthe rearbeing` so chosen as to 'cover tlie'liead about yto the collar of the overeoat. When made on a knitting machine the-original width' or" the strip measured transversely of its general length is everywhere the Asame andthe' peculiar conformation here. described can be secured by racking the vmachine after a certain number of stitches, whichthe machine'can be set to accomplish automatically. lt will s be seen that the amount of waste produced in making these articles is very small.

lt will be understood that changes in de-v sign, appearance, V'and' mode of manufacture and usefcanV be made within my invention andv that I do net restrict my device to 'use with a crown part having aV brim. or` visor.

Y Also l claim`my improved blank and. article for every use of which they may be susceptible, whether tastenedl'to the crown-part or not and in general l limitmyselt only as crown-part.

specifically recited in my claims.V

Having thus described my inventionwhat 'lclaim is:

" l. An article ot vheadwear comprising a narrow band adapted toencircle thehead V.comprisingja substantially straight main portion, and an intermediate portion rackknitted diagonally in two directions, said' rack-knitted portion being positioned. at the front of the wearers head'so as to bridge his eyes, the junction ot said 'straight portion and of said rack knitted'portionsforming a pair of angular ear-laps and ,the edge of saidstraight portion opposite said ear laps adapted to lit a separately `formed 2. In headwear, a longitudinally-elastic, narrow'knitted earlap-ba'nd,` adapted to en-V circle the wearers head, said band comprising 'two substantially Vstraight main portions.two intermediate ,portions rack-knitted diagonallytoward one side ot said main portion and defining a VVpair of salients, adapted'tocover the wearers ears, and 'a short central portion connecting said-intermediate portions `and adapted to bridge the part.

wearers eyes, said main portions being 'sewed together end to end to form a neck encircling portion-the upper margin Vof which is adapted to it aseparately formed crown 3. a strip of zig-zag knitted material having at one side two larger depending points and tions may cover An article of lieadwearconsisting of' one or more smaller depending points located' between thein,the two ends of said strip being sewed together, andthe other side ot said strip having a heinmed portion *Y opposite saidsmaller point or points.

il. iin article oi the character described, comprising a strip of flat knitted material having selvages ot angular 'form at each side, the Yends of said strip being sewed together and one edge orp the strip having a pair of spaced angular projections adapted to cover the ears when the article is placed l about the head and at least a part ot the opposite edge presenting an original selva-ge adapted to encirclethe head below the hat band. v

5. An article ot the character described, comprising a strip of flat knitted material having selvages'ot angular torni at each side, one edge or" said strip having a pair of comparatively large projections ot equal size separated by one or more smaller projections,;the end edges ot said strip being cut on transverse lines which incline toward said larger projections at each side, such cut edges being sewed together and the mar- 'ginof said strip opposite suchsmaller projections being folded inwardly.v Y s 6. An article of the character described comprising an endless band of knitted material adapted to encircle the head of the wearer and having selvages at each edge and said selvages being of angular conguration, one edge of said band having a pair Y sist-ing of a narrow flat strip of knittedv materialV having vselvagesiot angular form at each vside,-oiie edge of said strip having a pair ot comparatively large projections of equal size separated by one or more smaller projections, 'the end edges oic said strip Aadapted .to be sewedv together to encircle the wearers neck, andthe'edge of said strip oppositesaidrst projections adapted to meet a separately made crown part whereby said large projectionsfmay cover the wearers lears and such smaller projection or p'roj'ecthe wearei"s toreliead above the eyes. Y

,8;v A blank forthe purpose described, con.

sisting of a narrow flat strip of knitted materialhaving selvages of angular format each side, one edge of said stripihaving a pair of comparatively large projections of Vequal size spaced apart and the opposite edge of said strip having one or more intermediate projections, the end edges of said strip adapted i to be sewed together to encircle the wearers neck, the first named projections adapted .to

cover the wearers ears, the edge of saidstrip which is opposite said rst projections adapted tomeet'a separately made crown part andthe portion of said strip defined by. i

such intermediate projectionor projections adapted t'o bridge the wearers eyes;

9. In an article of headwear, a narrow flat strip of knitted material lhaving the stitches racked laterally at equal distances from theends of the strip to produce an oblique projection at the one margin and a corresponding notch at the opposite margin, the middle part of said strip consisting of a portion which is out of line withy the end portions thereof, the end portions being" sewed together forming a neck covering, the

.notched margin of such end portion beingV tted to the edge of a separately formed crown, and one vmargin of the'middle part orminga straight portion which vmatches the edgetof said crown part where it encircles the wearers forehead. f

l0. In an article yof headwear a narrow longitudinally elastic band of knitted ma" terial adapted to surround thefwearers'head and to fit a separately made crown-part, said band having at each side an angular'depend# ing portion adapted to cover the wearers kears, and having at thefront ari-upwardly displaced portionV adapted to bridge the wearers eyes, ksuch front portion beingV dls placed approximately' the width of said Louis H. ENSTEN; 

